American Society
Like just any other community, the American community has experienced tremendous changes as change is inevitable and cannot be resisted. The role of women in the United States has kept changing year in year out. Before the nineteenth amendment of the United States constitution in1920, women were not allowed to vote for the political leaders. The percentage of women who participated in leadership and economic roles in America increased from the 1920s to the 1970s.
In the early 1920’s, American women were discriminated from the civil service. Only few women participated in the political matters in the 1920s because they feared discrimination. In 1925, American women won 150 seats out of approximately 7,500 positions, which was a small percentage (Bartley, 2019). In the 1920s, 25 percent of the Americans lived on farms. Women in the farm families were responsible for both farming roles and child-rearing roles. In these years, most of the women in the urban families concentrated on homemaking and child rearing roles as the husband was the only sole earner in the family. In 1920, only 9 percent of women worked for wages. In the 1970s, the number of women who participated in leadership and economic roles had significantly increased.
In 1970, a third of American wives worked in economic production companies for wages. Also, in the 1970’s, the number of women legislators was around 4.5 percent, which was a significant change from the 1920s (Donnelly, 2016). In the 1970’s women were well represented in the congress and their rights were more protected as compared to the 1920s. Also, in the 1970s, more women were employed than in 1920s; therefore, women’s lives in 1970s was more comfortable than in the 1920’s. Most of the American families in the 1970s had moved to urban areas as opposed to the early in the century where most of the American families lived in rural areas and worked in farms.
In conclusion, the role of women in 1970s was different from the role of women in 1920s in the American society. In the 1920s, only a few women participated in leadership and a small percentage of women were employed. In the 1970s, the percentage of American women who participated in leadership and who were employed had increased as compared to the 1920s. Women’s life was much more comfortable in the 1970’s as compared to the 1920’s.
Reference
Bartley, P. (2019). Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the Twentieth Century. Springer.
Donnelly, K., Twenge, J. M., Clark, M. A., Shaikh, S. K., Beiler-May, A., & Carter, N. T. (2016). Attitudes toward women’s work and family roles in the United States, 1976– 2013. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40(1), 41-54.
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American Society
Like just any other community, the American community has experienced tremendous changes as change is inevitable and cannot be resisted. The role of women in the United States has kept changing year in year out. Before the nineteenth amendment of the United States constitution in1920, women were not allowed to vote for the political leaders. The percentage of women who participated in leadership and economic roles in America increased from the 1920s to the 1970s.
In the early 1920’s, American women were discriminated from the civil service. Only few women participated in the political matters in the 1920s because they feared discrimination. In 1925, American women won 150 seats out of approximately 7,500 positions, which was a small percentage (Bartley, 2019). In the 1920s, 25 percent of the Americans lived on farms. Women in the farm families were responsible for both farming roles and child-rearing roles. In these years, most of the women in the urban families concentrated on homemaking and child rearing roles as the husband was the only sole earner in the family. In 1920, only 9 percent of women worked for wages. In the 1970s, the number of women who participated in leadership and economic roles had significantly increased.
In 1970, a third of American wives worked in economic production companies for wages. Also, in the 1970’s, the number of women legislators was around 4.5 percent, which was a significant change from the 1920s (Donnelly, 2016). In the 1970’s women were well represented in the congress and their rights were more protected as compared to the 1920s. Also, in the 1970s, more women were employed than in 1920s; therefore, women’s lives in 1970s was more comfortable than in the 1920’s. Most of the American families in the 1970s had moved to urban areas as opposed to the early in the century where most of the American families lived in rural areas and worked in farms.
In conclusion, the role of women in 1970s was different from the role of women in 1920s in the American society. In the 1920s, only a few women participated in leadership and a small percentage of women were employed. In the 1970s, the percentage of American women who participated in leadership and who were employed had increased as compared to the 1920s. Women’s life was much more comfortable in the 1970’s as compared to the 1920’s.
Reference
Bartley, P. (2019). Labour Women in Power: Cabinet Ministers in the Twentieth Century. Springer.
Donnelly, K., Twenge, J. M., Clark, M. A., Shaikh, S. K., Beiler-May, A., & Carter, N. T. (2016). Attitudes toward women’s work and family roles in the United States, 1976– 2013. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40(1), 41-54.